"trindle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trindles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English trindel (“wheel, roller”), from Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *trundil (“ring, hoop”), equivalent to trend + -le. Akin to Low German tründeln (“to roll”). More at trend. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trindel|t=wheel, roller}} Middle English trindel (“wheel, roller”), {{inh|en|ang|tryndel|t=circle, ring}} Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*trundil|t=ring, hoop}} Proto-West Germanic *trundil (“ring, hoop”), {{suffix|en|trend|le}} trend + -le, {{cog|nds|tründeln|t=to roll}} Low German tründeln (“to roll”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trindle (plural trindles)
  1. (dialectal) a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-trindle-en-noun-3GmakLdD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 37 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 34 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 29 38
  2. A piece of wood, etc., laid between the cords and boards of a book to flatten before cutting.
    Sense id: en-trindle-en-noun-dtzeMp2E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 37 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 34 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 29 38

Verb

Forms: trindles [present, singular, third-person], trindling [participle, present], trindled [participle, past], trindled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English trindel (“wheel, roller”), from Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *trundil (“ring, hoop”), equivalent to trend + -le. Akin to Low German tründeln (“to roll”). More at trend. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trindel|t=wheel, roller}} Middle English trindel (“wheel, roller”), {{inh|en|ang|tryndel|t=circle, ring}} Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*trundil|t=ring, hoop}} Proto-West Germanic *trundil (“ring, hoop”), {{suffix|en|trend|le}} trend + -le, {{cog|nds|tründeln|t=to roll}} Low German tründeln (“to roll”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} trindle (third-person singular simple present trindles, present participle trindling, simple past and past participle trindled)
  1. (ambitransitive, dialectal) to roll, trundle. Tags: ambitransitive, dialectal Related terms: trendle, trundle, trend
    Sense id: en-trindle-en-verb-jRH~gflT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 37 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 30 30 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 34 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 29 38

Inflected forms

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